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Article: Music Theory for Musical Theatre.(Book review)
- Article from:
- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
- Author:
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Music Theory for Musical Theatre, by John Bell and Seven R. Chicurel. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008. www.scarecrowpress.com; (800) 462-6420; 136 pp. $34.95.
In my private singing studio, I have a significant number of students who, at the mere mention of music theory, will start to glaze over, sweat or shake uncontrollably. Fortunately, this sometimes scary subject has just become more user-friendly with the publication of Music Theory for Musical Theatre, a new, fresh and practical approach to this dreaded-by-many discipline. Authors John Bell and Steven R. Chicurel offer a pragmatic and gestalt-like presentation of standard music theory in the context of ...